Strikethrough in Markdown

From the Markdown cheat sheet ยท Emphasis and Text ยท verified Aug 2026

Strikethrough

Mark deleted text with the GFM strikethrough extension.

markdown
~~removed text~~
๐Ÿ“Œ Strikethrough is a GFM extension
๐Ÿ” CommonMark alone does not define this syntax
๐Ÿ’ก Use it to show revisions without hiding context
โš ๏ธ Confirm support outside GitHub-style renderers
strikethroughgfmtext

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